Reworking Australian Alliances: The Perspective of Dr. Alan Stephens
The alliances in both Europe and the United States are being reworked as the challenges facing…
Read More »Adding a Sea-Based Nuclear Option: The Pentagon Focuses on Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads at Sea
The return of Russia and the extended reach of China, along with the continuing threat from…
Read More »Crafting a Force for Full-Spectrum Crisis Management: The F-35 and the Kill Web
The liberal democracies are facing a key strategic shift from a primary focus on the land…
Read More »Launch of Committee on the Present Danger: China
On March 24, 2019, a “Committee on the Present Danger:China” was launched in Washington DC. According…
Read More »Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan Should Not Channel Gates: Accelerate Not Reverse Airpower Modernization
It might be of use if the Acting Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) read his own National…
Read More »Putting Putin’s Poseidon Into the Cross-Hairs
Is President Putin diabolically smart or simply a psychopath? As Putin put it once: “Once a…
Read More »Russia’s Crisis Management Strategy
We have been focusing for some time on the strategic shift towards managing peer conflict and…
Read More »Defining Victory Over ISIS: A View From 2017
In an article which we published in Breaking Defense on January 19, 2017, we focused on…
Read More »French Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in Post-Brexit Europe
The Cold War has not returned; but the Russians have. And the nature of the Russian…
Read More »The Return of Direct Defense in Europe: Russia and the Role of Nuclear Weapons
Although the Cold War is not back, the Russians are. And the Russian challenge is being…
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